So much fucking angst I can't.

Katherine stepped to her betrothed and the other young women.

He saw her and continued to flirt, gum in his mouth and the girls pretty much on their knees.

"Prince Jackson" she said calmly "I need to speak to you"

"Listen here Kath I'm good, why don't you run back to dancing with your daddy eh?" He said and then the girls all swooned.

"Jackson please" she said still calm but her inside anger boiling.

"Listen here princess I ain't gotta do shit for you," he said "fuck off" and the girls around him fluttered their eyelashes.

"Would you take us to the throne room?!" One of the girls asked fluttering her lashes.

"Or the jewel room Jack" the other said twirling his neck hairs.

"Jackson it's urgent" Katherine responded tapping her foot.

"Fuck off-" he said and kissed another girl's cheek, then the others.

She grit her teeth and took a deep breath "please follow me it's important" she told him. He rolled his eyes and took his hands off the young girls to follow her.

The girls pulled him back; causing Katherine to turn around to see him now held by the girls and a waiter to run right into her, her falling down and breaking her heels then spilling champagne all over.

The girls where laughing while jack struggled to not.

Very queenly she bent down , grabbed her broken heels, and walked off drenched but her head held high, Clara was right behind her with a towel already.

Joseph saw a single tear roll down her cheek as Clara helped dry her off as best she could as they walked.

Jack turned to see Davey with his head in his palm shaking it and his mother giving him a death glare slash I will kill you look.

*

"How about a nice hot bath?" Clara said when they reached Katherine's room.

"I'll keep you company and we can read those books-"

"I really rather be alone, please" she told her red haired cousin.

"Okay, in down the hall if anything" she said kissing her cheek and walking out.

Katherine sat in the warm water, pulling her knees to her chest and her long brown hair flowing around her.

Katherine slid down the bathtub and was completely submerged under the water.

She couldn't hear or breath or think, all there was was the feeling of warm water developing on her skin.

She could sit like this for hours.

*

Jack knew if Davey was mad he did something wrong, if his mother was made he really did something wrong but if King Joseph Pulitzer the third was made you done fucked up.

Jack sat in the chair in the king's office , Joseph pacing back and forth as Medda shot her son dirty looks. Davey was biting his thumbnail, all waiting on Clara to return on news of Katherine.

The door opened and the young red head came in "how is she?" Pulitzer asked.

"She'll survive, more embarrassed than anything but thankfully she in a bath, Davey why don't you come with me and see if all the guest have left" she suggested.

"Okay Clara" he said and stood up, walking past Jack he mouthed "you dumbass" and they walked out.

Pulitzer sat down on the edge of his desk "Medda do you have anything to say to your son ?" He asked.

She looked as her son then flicked his forehead "ill let you do all the yelling Joseph" she smiled "god knows he deserves it" she then exited the room.

"Look before we -" Jack began.

"Oh shut up" Joseph snapped "who do you think you are disrespecting my daughter like that? "

"I'm Jackson Kelly and I'm your only chance at someone marrying her. Now that all the other men saw her fall no one will want her, and not to mention my family and country hold the second largest fortune in the world" he smirked "so how about you let me live my life"

"You are to be married to my daughter and you're treating her like she's some worthless love sick child! She's a young woman who nearly killed me when I told her she was marrying you!"

"Listen here Pulitzer, I can do not whatever I want!"

"Not to my daughter you can't!" He yelled at jack.

"Well fuck you too" Jack said standing up and walking out of the office, slamming the door.

-A.N.-
Jackson Marcus Kelly stop

Also brief moment to just say that Corey Cott is one sexy mother fucker

-Joey